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Bennington is the most populous town in southern Vermont, the second-largest town in Vermont (after Colchester) and the sixth-largest municipality in the state. The town is home to the Bennington Battle Monument , which is the tallest human-made structure in the state of Vermont .
- Bennington Battle Monument
The Bennington Battle Monument is a 306-foot-high (93 m)...
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Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont....
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- North Bennington, Vermont
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Bennington County is a county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census , the population was 37,347. [1] The shire towns ( county seats ) are jointly Bennington ("The Southshire") and Manchester ("The Northshire"), [2] and the largest municipality is Bennington.
Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont, United States. Founded as a women’s college in 1932, it became co-educational in 1969. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
- Rural, 440 acres (1.8 km²)
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North Bennington is an incorporated village in the town of Bennington in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,716 at the 2020 census. [5] History. The North Bennington Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
- 1.90 sq mi (4.92 km²)
- Bennington
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- Vermont
Created in March 1778, Bennington is the oldest extant county in Vermont. It is named for Benning Wentworth, a colonial governor. The county seat is shared by Bennington and Manchester, which has long been a resort village.
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Bennington is Vermonts first town, chartered in 1749 by the colonial Governor of New Hampshire, Benning Wentworth, for whom the town was named. Bennington played a vital role in both the founding of the republic of Vermont and the Battle of Bennington in 1777. Bennington was also home to Ethan Allen and the birthplace of the Green Mountain Boys.
Oct 13, 2022 · The town is placed along the western end of the Green Mountains and is drained by the Walloomsac River and its tributaries. Bennington is geographically much closer to the capital cities of Concord, New Hampshire, Albany, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut, than to Vermont's capital Montpelier .
